Cinebarre Boulder 11

We love this place! Tickets are cheap and the theaters are spacious with comfy seats. Patrons are mostly adults, so you get a quiet, distraction-​free viewing experience. Food is ok — it’s not a gourmet restaurant, so adjust your expectations accordingly — but there are several tasty items on the menu. We usually order the kale chips, and the potato skins are delicious. My husband likes the craft beer selection. Service isn’t super speedy, but it helps to get there early and be among the first to get your order in. We like to get our drinks at the bar before going in to sit down. Always a pleasurable experience. We will keep going back.

The toilettes are disgusting, the waitstaff is incompetent, and management seems to be unable to do anything at all. The movie tickets are cheap though, which is a great deal so long as you don’t order any food or drink or have to pee.

The only plus, which others note, is the tickets are cheap. And seem to never be checked by anyone…
Cons — unfortunately many, which again others have stated.
Prices are incredibly overinflated for the poor quality of food and drinks. Service is horrible and the place is dirty and run down. At our «table» the menus and table were dirty and sticky, popcorn on the seats and floor covered with debris — no cleaning done at all between shows.
At the bar — taps did not work, 6 or 7 servers behind the bar, maybe 8 customers and long wait for attention. They were also selling the tickets. I ordered wine and water. Got my wine but was told to walk around the bar to the movie entrance to get the water myself. Normally OK to do that if I am headed right into the theater; I was waiting at the bar; I guess I should have asked if I could self serve my wine refill too :)
When we got in the theater service was horrible. We waited after our light was on for about 10 min and finally got our order taken. Food came out in no order and was awful.
Popcorn — $ 8.50 for a bowl of slightly burned MICROWAVE popcorn. Not even movie theater stuff… microwave. It was gross. Came out first before our drinks.
Next — drinks. Halfway through our popcorn. Way too long to wait for a bottle of beer and a glass of wine.
Next food — Fries with queso — cold cold cold. Queso congealed and almost back to «brick» status that fake cheese comes in. Sliders — only 1 of 4 had the «toppings» on them, and again they seemed to be frozen/​prepared as opposed to fresh. Barely any meat, even for a slider. No cheese at all despite being advertised as such.
Tried to get refills on drinks. Hit the button and waited. And waited. And waited. The server showed back up 50 min into the movie — with our check. Then ran our cards, and gave us no pen to sign the checks. Ignored the light for refills completely.
Unfortunately this was the second, and final, time to Cinnebarre and both times the situation was pretty much the same. While I appreciate their cheap tickets, I will go to AMC with recliners, counter service vs. waiting for a waiter, and bathrooms and theaters that get cleaned. I really liked this theater when Regal owned it — it seems they kept all the bad and added worse service on top of it.

We showed up about 10 minutes before show time and tried to buy tickets. There was no ticket office, and the ticket machine (maybe just one for the whole place?) wasn’t on. There was a sign indicating we should go to the bar.
There were about 15 people standing around the bar trying to buy tickets. No line. Just chaos. We walked out, forget it.

Severely understaffed. The bathrooms are disgusting! If you bring it to an employees attention they shrug it off and treat it like an inconvenience. The food is good when you finally get it. 90% of the time no one is checking tickets so people just walk in. The ticket prices can’t be beat but they make up for it in food and drink prices. Get some people in there that care about their jobs and the company they work for and the ratings will improve significantly!

Omg this place is so ghetto. Super dirty, especially the bathrooms. Tons of employees just hanging about, trying to avoid customers. Didn’t need to buy tickets as no one was checking them (I had already purchased ours online). Service was so slow; we waited over 40 min for an order of chocolate chip cookies.
The bar has very bright fluorescent lighting which isn’t very inviting. I gave it an extra star because the seats were very comfy and the tickets were cheap.

Pros: The movie was cheap and they have a big on tap beer selection. Get the beer before you go into the theater for the shortest wait.
Cons: The bathrooms were dirty and the soap dispensers didn’t work. I ordered a drink in the theater that never came. My friends’ food was pricey, came out at all different times, and some of it was wrong. We pushed the service button and no one came. We had to flag down a waiter serving someone else.

Great seats, cool theater design.
Total junk service, understaffed!
Food is just OK, but way too high of food prices for the quality of food. Especially when it comes out cold.

My husband and I dig this place. They have $ 6 tickets every day but Friday and Saturday (then I think they’re $ 8, still a bargain). The seating is comfy and we are thrilled to be in a theater without lots of crying, screaming children (Minions without a side of wailing infant = winning at life). The independent films they show instead of stupid dancing popcorn are always fun. You’re also not crazy packed in, which is great.
We usually order a pitcher of beer, chicken tenders, and a pizza. The pizzas have good quality ingredients (sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese) and the beer is cold and served with chilled glasses. Can’t comment on the chicken tenders because my husband won’t share, but he loves them and the generous side of fries is more than enough for me to steal from.
We’ve been to this location about 12 – 14 times and have never had any issues. Get there early (we shoot for 20 – 30 min beforehand), grab tickets and a beer at the bar, and head on in. Write down your order and someone will come get it. We usually get our food right around when the previews are starting, which is fine by me. Sometimes it’s a little later than that, but I’m usually sipping my delicious beer and don’t care. In short, it’s a fun way to spend an evening.

I have been here twice, and both experiences were fairly bad. The first time, our movie stopped playing halfway through and the management was very unapologetic. The second time, I ordered a drink and popcorn and it took over an hour to receive my order. I went to the bar to check on what was going on, and the server was slightly rude and assured me that my order would be delivered «shortly.» Shortly apparently means 45 minutes. The customer service at this movie theater is atrocious. I don’t think I will be back and I wouldn’t recommend the theater to anyone.

The service was a bit slow but I think it was because the movie was sold out and maybe the theatre was not used to a packed movie. The burger was good and the jalapeños were really hot (ask for them). I would go again and the Cinebrew is not bad to boot.

Great concept, horrible food — Cheap movies, full bar (beer, wine, liquor), and they purportedly serve «Food.» I ordered a burger and fries — The burger (dry as a bone) tasted like cardboard and the fries like styrofoam. Go for the movie, maybe have a beer, skip the «Food.»

Horrible awful place
Bought 5 tickets for my family.
Arrived 15 minutes early, but that is too late for the family to sit together. People wouldn’t move over so there was a lady and her teenage son between myself and my 4 year old daughter. They need assigned seating.
A server ran into me and spilled his popcorn all over me, then blamed me and had his manager ask me to pay for it.
We walked out after spending $ 50 on tickets. What a waste. What a miserable place.

The only reason I’m giving this two stars is because the food was alright. We went in to see a movie, six tickets bought, and half the movie had subtitles. No problem there right? Well it wouldn’t have been if the subtitles hadn’t been off the screen and unreadable. We couldn’t understand half the movie!
Then, when we asked for our money back for the tickets, not the food just the tickets, they give us the run around and this poor kid who has no authority has to deal with it! He didn’t even have phone numbers for anyone higher up. We got six free tickets in return, but we want our money, not more tickets to this place. We don’t want to go back!
It’s a shame the Louisville Cinebarre isn’t run half as well as the Thornton one. Take your business elsewhere for movie-​going.

Great concept, terrible execution.
We really want to like Cinnebar, but the service completely ruins the experience. This was our second attempt – the first ended up with food orders not being delivered and 20 minute post-​movie delay in getting our bill paid. That attempt yielded two free passes that we used last night.
The problems began at the ticket window where we waited in line only to be told that the passes had to be redeemed at the bar inside. By the time we go in, the last of the non-​front row seats were being filled by people that had been behind us in line. The waiter took our order pretty quickly but didn’t know anything about the beers. I ended up with a (quite good) 22 oz beer from Abita, but no pint glass. My wife’s dinner order didn’t come until we asked about it 45 minutes later, and was cold at that point. At least they better on the payment side this time around.
Save yourself the trouble and bring a sixer and something from Chipotle into a different theater.

We’ve been here a half dozen times and each time I secretly hoped the service would improve. We went so frequently because it is the closest theater to us and the ticket prices are a good deal.
That’s where the deal ends. The food prices are high and the food is not very good. The premise of the whole theater is that you can eat/​drink while watching the movie. The service is horrendous. I attribute this to poor management since nothing seems to improve.
The most recent visit was the last straw. My daughter and I arrive 30 minutes before the scheduled movie start. We ordered and pushed the service button within 5 minutes of sitting. It took at least 10 minutes for a server to show up. She took our order and left. That was the last we saw her. Seriously. People came in after us, ordered, were served. Nothing. 50 minutes into the 1.5 hour movie, I grabbed the attention of another server and asked where our order was. She said we must have moved seats. Not true. I told them to cancel the order at this point. A third server then showed up 5 minutes later with our full order. The second server came back to say there was no charge for the food. The one star in this review is for not charging us for food that arrived 1 hour and 20 minutes after it was ordered.
I really wanted this place to succeed. I don’t see how this is possible with their long running track records.
Strongly recommend you have dinner before or after a movie that you see at a different theater.

We got there 10 minutes before the movie started and wrote our order down almost immediately because we were hungry. Aiden came over and checked our order, without a greeting, and said if we had any questions to ask him.
We sat there for 30 minutes before we got our food — with no drinks. My girlfriend had to get up and go out of the theatre to the bar to ask for 2 cokes after she had asked another server if she’d mind grabbing them for us. We paid $ 12.50 for cold chicken fingers and $ 12 for a cold cheeseburger.
We didn’t see Aiden until almost the end of the movie, and we had to bring our check out to him before we left.
Bad service — waste of money.

I really enjoyed the place. There was good atmosphere and a bar in the middle of the theatre. It was a fun night out.
I wasn’t crazy about the food. But very good for theatre food. I ordered the chicken burger thing. It was good for chicken. I didn’t read the menu right and was hoping it was a burger. Whoops. My friend had the pizza and it was okay. The popcorn and fried pickles were yummy.
The drinks were awesome and the wait staff was really good. Food came out fast and hot. This was my first time at this theatre and it was a great girls night out!!!

The new Cinebarre is a super cool place. The ticket price is super reasonable, only $ 6 during weeknights. I love all the posters and décor, the bar area has a nice ambiance and the theater itself was wonderful. The seats are comfortable, and never having been to a dinner/​movie theater before, I found the whole process very fun and easy to navigate. There are buttons that you can use to request service, menus and plenty of napkins provided, and ample space for eating. We were warmly treated by all the staff, who were so welcoming and helpful.
The food is pretty good– we were happy with the pizza and salads that we ordered. For appetizers, I’d recommend the fried pickles that come with a very tasty dipping sauce, and the Rosemary popcorn. I have to stop myself from drooling just thinking about that popcorn.

I loooove the Cinebarre in Thornton and have been going there for several years now, so I was really excited when I saw they were opening one in Louisville (albeit sad for no more $ 5 movies at Colony Square).
The experience is essentially the same here, with a few technological improvements in the ordering system. There is now a button you can push for service. However, on our visit this didn’t seem to increase the service speed at ALL. Service was very slow and it seemed there was a glitch in the system, as we were unable to get the proper receipts and the waitresses seemed very overwhelmed when we went out to ask for one. I won’t count that against them, though.
My main quip with this Cinebarre is the seat-​to-​table spacing. It is suuuuuper awkward. It’s really uncomfortable to sit on the edge of your seat to eat, and I don’t recall it being this awkward in Thornton. And even though the table seems sooooo far away, people can barely squeeze through to get to a seat.
All awkwardness aside, I love the concept of Cinebarre and think they were probably having a rough night when I came in. I will certainly return.

I recently had the privilege of visiting Cinebarre for a Bolder Boulder sponsored event. There were no stops on this one: red carpet entry, photo booth, and free Oskar Blues beer (schwag to boot).
The cinema was very clean and the staff were kind and approachable. I also really enjoyed the look and feel of the establishment. There was a wrap around bar with old timey bar stools (1950’s) and lots of great movie posters peppering the walls in frames. I also spied 2 pool tables which made me really excited.
The seating within the theater was comfortable and I was tickled that there was a button for me to press and «call» a member of the waitstaff to take my order. My friends ordered wings and they were promptly delivered during our film. I do also want to note that everyone in my row was checked-​out (for their food drink) about 30 minutes before the show ended. The waitstaff was very stealth slipping by and dropping off/​picking up the bills.
This theater features fabulous $ 6 deals for most weekday showings and a bangin’ happy hour. Although I can walk to my local movie theater I will definitely hop on 36 and head to Cinebarre for my next movie adventure (I’ll just be sure to ignore the strange circles my GPS sends me on when it tries to get me there).